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France dispatches envoy to rebel-held Benghazi

A French special envoy is on his way to the rebel stronghold of Benghazi in eastern Libya to act as an "ambassador" with the transitional national council, according to a French official cited by the AFP news agency.

AFP - France will send an "ambassador" to Benghazi, the Libyan rebel stronghold in eastern Libya, a French official said Tuesday.

The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP that the envoy, 53-year-old Antoine Sivan, was on his way to Benghazi, where the rebellion against embattled strongman Moamer Kadhafi is based.